Comparison

SleepNote vs Focus Sheep

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SleepNote

Record and analyze overnight sounds like dream talk and snoring. Review sleep events, track trends, and gain insights into your sleep patterns with detailed reports and history filtering. Designed for a private, low-interruption experience.

Highlights
  • Night sound recording
  • Dream talk/snore detection
  • Sleep event review
  • Tagging sleep events
  • Sleep trend analysis
  • Weekly sleep reports
  • History filtering
Features
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SleepNote is a night sound recording and sleep review app that helps you capture dream talk, snoring, movement sounds, and other overnight events, then review what happened more clearly the next day. With SleepNote, you can: - Record night sounds and detect dream talk, snoring, and other sleep events - Read everything you said in your sleep in Dream Talk Journal, search across nights, replay each line, and share the good ones - Catch up on the night with Last Night in 30 Seconds, a highlight reel built for you - Run Sleep Experiments on habits such as coffee, alcohol, or staying up late and see how strong the evidence is - Review single-night details, event timelines, and highlights - Add tags such as coffee, stress, alcohol, and exercise to each night - Explore trends, weekly sleep reports, and tag impact insights in Stats - Filter History by date range, tag, and event type to quickly find the nights you want to revisit Core features include: - Night recording and event detection - Dream talk journal with cross-night search (on-device, nothing uploaded) - 30-second nightly highlight reel with continuous playback - Sleep experiments with evidence strength - Dream talk / snore / noise logging - Single-night detail and timeline review - Tagging and tag impact insights - Weekly sleep reports - History filtering - On-device sleep analysis - 8-language support Speech recognition, statistics, and experiment analysis all run on your device, and your recordings and text are never uploaded. SleepNote stays local-first, account-free, and low-interruption, designed for people who want to observe night sound patterns over time. SleepNote does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment advice. Everything in the app is for personal observation and review only. Feature requests and improvement ideas are welcome: Email: 842797413@qq.com Every piece of feedback is carefully reviewed.

About

Focus Sheep

Enhance focus with a calming pasture journey. Stay on task to grow your flock, with options for app blocking and detailed statistics. Enjoy background noise and lock screen integration.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus durations
  • App and website blocking
  • Background noise options
  • Live Activities integration
  • Detailed focus statistics
  • Session history and notes
Features
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Bring scattered attention back to the pen, one sheep at a time. Focus Sheep turns a focus session into a calm pasture journey. Choose a tag and duration, then let the flock move closer as you stay on task. FREE CORE FEATURES • Set any focus duration from 5 to 180 minutes • Use the included built-in tags • Add a note for the goal in front of you • Hold to end a session, reducing accidental stops • Review completed and interrupted sessions on a timeline • See your total focused time A CALMER BACKGROUND • White, pink, and brown noise • Sound and haptic completion alerts • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island FOCUS GUARD — 3 FREE USES, THEN MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED • Try Focus Guard for up to three focus sessions at no charge • Block selected apps, categories, and websites during a session • Restrictions clear automatically when the session ends • Your selections are handled by Apple’s Screen Time features • Continued use after the three free sessions requires a monthly, yearly, or lifetime Focus Sheep membership MEMBERSHIP FEATURES — IN-APP PURCHASE REQUIRED • Continue using Focus Guard after the three free uses • Create custom focus tags • Unlock complete statistics, including success rate, charts, tag distribution, notes, and trends • Sync focus records with Calendar and your private iCloud database Focus Sheep offers monthly and yearly auto-renewable memberships and a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices and subscription terms are displayed on the membership screen before purchase. No account or sign-in is required. The core focus timer, built-in tags, notes, background noise, Live Activities, focus history, and total focused time are available for free. Privacy Policy: https://rounded-partner-ddd.notion.site/Focus-Sheep-Privacy-Policy-39d0d5f3d51980e08434e7becfd9558f Terms of Use: https://rounded-partner-ddd.notion.site/Focus-sheep-Terms-of-Service-39d0d5f3d51980e3acd1e19b794644c8

Screenshots

SleepNote4 screens
Focus Sheep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focus Sheep at Free against SleepNote's $2.99. Focus Sheep also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). SleepNote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On rating, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Focus Sheep is free to download; SleepNote costs $2.99 up front. Focus Sheep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SleepNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SleepNote against 5.0 for Focus Sheep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SleepNote ships an update every 6 weeks, Focus Sheep every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SleepNote versus Focus Sheep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleepNoteFocus Sheep
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer鹏 杨亲强 吴

Customer experience

SleepNote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Focus Sheep

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SleepNote

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Focus Sheep

Subscriptions2
  • Focus Sheep Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Focus Sheep Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Focus Sheep Lifetime$15.99

Questions

Is SleepNote free?
SleepNote costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus Sheep free?
Focus Sheep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SleepNote or Focus Sheep?
SleepNote and Focus Sheep are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do SleepNote or Focus Sheep have ads?
Neither SleepNote nor Focus Sheep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SleepNote or Focus Sheep?
SleepNote ships an update every 6 weeks, and Focus Sheep every 5 days. Most recently, SleepNote was updated on October 31, 2026 and Focus Sheep on November 5, 2026.

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